Yet Dennis has no intention of compromising at all.
“All I can tell you is the same, you have no right to interfere with the company’s highest decisions.”
Sheila gave an incredulous chortle, “No right to ask? That’s the answer Mr. George gave me? You want me to go back with these four words to appease the army?”
Sheila is a high achiever returning from overseas and an authority in the field of AI in the country, creating a problem of over-estimation. She just doesn’t recognize that the person she is facing at this moment is Dennis, a fighter who is about to go to the world gladiatorial arena.
Feeling Sheila’s aggressive aura, Dennis’s face went completely cold, stood up with one hand on the table, turned around and walked to her, only a fist’s distance apart from each other, staring at her from above, his black eyes gloomy, like an evil ghost crawling out from hell, his voice eerie, “Say one more word, I will do as you wish and make the whole R&D department disappear.”
It’s something that Dennis did.
Sheila knew best how ruthless Dennis was, swallowed nervously and eventually avoided his sight, grabbed the papers in a panic and slunk away.
Looking at Sheila’s depressed back, I can’t help but sigh, Dennis is actually quite a gentleman, Sheila is too unaware of the good and bad, if you talk properly, Dennis is not so hard to say the words.
Sheila’s attitude was the innate nobility of intellectuals. I was worried that Dennis was really going to kill them all, so I couldn’t help but ask him, “Are you serious? Are you serious? You want to get rid of the R&D department?”
Hearing my voice, the expression on Dennis’s face eased up and he came back to sit down again, picking up his chopsticks and eating while saying, “How is it possible that several hundred million dollars have been invested and no results can be seen, none of them can run.”
I laughed, Dennis is still quite a swordsman sometimes, “Why didn’t you just tell Sheila the truth?”
Dennis moved and inclined his head to look at me, “Like I said, a techie, not qualified to hear this.”
“And what about me?” I put down my chopsticks, folded my hands neatly on the table, and looked at him curtly, “As a shareholder of the George Group, can I ask Mr. George to be mean to his own R&D department, and to go far away to acquire a foreign robotics company, can you explain the reason for doing so?”
I saw this on Twitter and was going to ask, but Sheila was unkind enough to stir the pot.
Dennis grunted, did not even lift his eyelids, said in a gloomy voice, “The R & D department has an investment every two months, each time the amount involved nearly ten million, is simply burning money, which time I am not a big wave, the money directly over the line? What happened? Another year has passed and they are still standing still, the people in the R&D department are just too comfortable, and this time the cost reduction is just the right thing to put a little pressure on them.”
“Pfft…” I couldn’t hold back my laughter, “I see… Mr. George doesn’t want to be a big loser anymore, but what does this have to do with the Essen acquisition?”
When it comes to this, Dennis’s expression is a bit heavy and he puts his dishes down before analyzing the pros and cons with me.
It turns out that the forces of City P who are not happy with Dennis have not stopped for a moment, not only in the George Group’s project, but also gradually deployed to snipe the George Group’s commodity trading chain.
The George Group has been in City P for several months, but still does not have its own large warehouse, many of its goods, including building materials, can only be deployed directly from Newton Town, for the George Group to gradually spread the international trade of the world’s commodity network is greatly disadvantageous.
Dreor’s robot level has been leading the world, Essen is a company focused on robotics research and development, but not good management, so that has been in the loss level, Dennis this time, is to take advantage of this, both to master Essen’s core technology, while establishing their own warehouse network, the use of robot identification distribution goods, completely out of the City P those The power to constrain the circle.
“… but to get to this point, is not so simple, Dreor government fears that this opening, there will be an irreversible technology outflow, so has been encouraging domestic companies to Essen to propose a takeover, New York Stock Exchange those investors, has shorted Essen’s hedge funds, domestic and foreign to, this acquisition are not good, the worst point, I hold in my hands, Essen’s stock, in the end will become a pile of worthless garbage.”
It’s a gamble, and even I can’t help but cringe when I hear it, and it’s no wonder Dennis doesn’t want to be open and honest with Sheila.
Once it is made, the George Group can stand firm in City P. With such a macroscopic vision, Sheila only focuses on the AI field, and even if she knows the truth, she may not be sympathetic.
However, stabilization is always a big deal, and I called Sheila personally after Dennis returned to the office.
Probably still angry with Dennis, she hung up twice before Sheila got through.
“Mrs. George, what can I do for you?” Sheila’s tone wasn’t very nice.
“Don’t be so hostile to me, I mean no harm.”
“Say what you have to say.” Sheila said.
This stubbornness is really uncomfortable, I took a deep breath and forced myself to stay calm, “Does Miss Torres know I’ve been preparing for the judicial exam recently?”
“What?” Sheila froze, probably not expecting me to mention this, “Why should I know anything about you?”
“Yeah, but I felt a connection with Miss Torres, so I just wanted to talk about it in particular.” Probably because I’ve been getting along with Dennis for a long time, I can play the scoundrel well, “I was preparing for the law graduate exam last year, but I missed it because a lot of things happened, and now the George Group has moved to City P. In the future, it will become bigger and bigger, and the legal matters involved will also become more and more, so I think, directly take the Lawyer’s license, when the time comes, you can stand beside Dennis and share his worries openly and honestly.”
There was silence on the other side of the phone for a moment before Sheila’s somewhat impatient voice came through, “You called just to let me know, how loving you two are as a couple? Clara, did you forget that I’m already married, I’m not interested in Dennis at all now, you think these words, can stimulate me? ”
“Of course not.” I smiled, doing unto others as they would have done unto me, “I remember Miss Torres always felt that I was not as good a match for you and Dennis, either in looks or ability, right?”
“What exactly are you trying to say?” Sheila said tentatively, “The fallout?”
“Don’t get me wrong, what I mean is, you’re right.” I gathered my emotions, my voice serious and grave, “It is because of this that I want to study for the bar exam, to take the bar exam, to go further within my means, to reach, as you said, a level that would be worthy of Dennis, and likewise, I hope Miss Torres will understand that Dennis has invested so much in the R&D department and wants to What he wants to see is definitely not the same as the old me, mediocre and unimpressive research results, you know what I mean?”
Sheila’s world is utilitarian, and as a senior technician, she rightfully defends her pride. To let her know she’s wrong, she needs to see if what the R&D department has made is good enough for her to see above her head.
She’s so smug, someone should remind her to look at her feet.